C++ Which developer surface ?

[MET]

Hi

Which developer surface would you recommend to a newbie for learning programming C++ on Windows 7 ?

[MrHutch]

Is surface a bad translation of platform?

Depends what you want. You should probably start off with simple console apps. For that you'll need at least a compiler (minGW or something like that) and a text editor.

Alternatively, you can download an IDE like Visual Studio or Code::Blocks, which will include everything you need (and some things you don't) for developing C++ programs.

[Moschops]

As iHutch, I recommend a relatively simple text editor and a command line compiler (minGW install would be fine).

[MET]

Thank you for the suggestion. After a second thought I realise that it may be better to look first for an introductory book and see which platform it is based on.